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New articles in PubMed by SIU School of Medicine authors August 3, 2020

SIU School of Medicine authors published 48 articles in the past month that were added to PubMed. Display the 48 citations in PubMed
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Radio interview with Dr. M. Rebecca Hoffman

This week SIU Alton Family Medicine Residency's own Dr. M. Rebecca Hoffman took over the local Alton airwaves to talk about our new program. Check it out! http://altondailynews.com/shared/inc/client/17/broadcastAudio/686180707…
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SIU Alton Family Medicine Residency Program joins Facebook

Social media, here we come! SIU Alton Family Medicine Medicine Residency has a Facebook presence now too. Follow us for all the exciting details as we build our program! The SIU Family Medicine Residency Program in Alton's profile: https://www.facebook.com/siualtonfamilymedicine/
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Resident Physician Program Coming to SIU Alton Family Medicine

July 7, 2020, ALTON, IL ─ The Southern Illinois University School of Medicine Department of Family and Community Medicine has added a new residency program to begin serving patients within SIU Alton Family Medicine next summer. The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education approved the program in May. Physicians in the program will provide care through partnerships with Alton Memorial Hospital (a BJC HealthCare facility), Southern Illinois Healthcare Foundation, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville School of Pharmacy, St. Louis Children’s Hospital and Washington University in
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Resident Physician Program Coming to SIU Alton Family Medicine

July 7, 2020, ALTON, IL ─ The Southern Illinois University School of Medicine Department of Family and Community Medicine has added a new residency program to begin serving patients within SIU Alton Family Medicine next summer. The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education approved the program in May. Physicians in the program will provide care through partnerships with Alton Memorial Hospital (a BJC HealthCare facility), Southern Illinois Healthcare Foundation, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville School of Pharmacy, St. Louis Children’s Hospital and Washington University in
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New articles in PubMed by SIU School of Medicine authors July 1, 2020

SIU School of Medicine authors published 45 articles in the past month that were added to PubMed. ( Display the 45 citations in PubMed
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Basic Science Lab

Mission To support education and research at SIU School of Medicine/Department of Surgery/Institute for Plastic Surgery in a meaningful way that drives learners to contribute to advancing science as learners become experts. The research laboratories in the Institute for Plastic Surgery are dedicated to providing research support including grant acquisition, project execution, and data synthesis for publication/presentation. We also provide microsurgical education to SIU School of Medicine medical students and residents. Research Staff Nicole Z. Sommer, MD Associate Professor, Residency Program
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Quality Improvement Projects

Quality improvement projects are those that seek to improve a system to improve process efficiency and effectiveness in the hospital and clinic. Examples include developing protocols, order sets, and routines that ultimately result in improvements in patient care. Memorial Medical Center, one of the community hospitals with which SIU Medicine is affiliated, employs a Lean Six Sigma process to quality improvement projects. All residents receive education regarding the Lean Six Sigma process and receive their “white belt” certification through this program. Residents have the opportunity to
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